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Transplanting Grapes
mattymattyonga
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in Fruit & veg
Hi,
I came across a vineyard being pulled out and grabbed some vines, they were ripped out by a digger and only have about a foot of roots attached, do you think they'll survive if I prune them, fertilise and keep them watered?
It's almost spring here we are zone 9A.
I will also take cuttings to guarantee I get some growing. It was so sad to see acres of these vines getting pulled out, I will go back and try to dig some out before they pull them out.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks heaps 
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Why were they being ripped out? Are they diseased? Are they not producing well for some reason?
Farmers don't often rip out a productive plant.
I think cuttings would be a better bet ... those are large vines to transplant at this time of year with a dry summer ahead, but check first that they're not diseased.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you Dovefromabove. Thankfully the vines are fine, they are keeping a couple of acres, they are just ripping them out to make more land for dairy farming. Which seems insane to me! But it's their land I guess, and all the better for me
I will certainly give cuttings a go.
I would go for hardwood cuttings. Take pencil thick cuttings about 30 to 40 cm long and push in the earth in a slit trench where you want them to grow. Water them regularly for the first year.
I would plant them up, our local garden center sell these in pots for £100 a plant